godfather
തലതൊട്ടപ്പന്
definition
noun
You can name just one godparent, or two godmothers or godfathers .
a male godparent.
the godfather of alternative comedy
a man who is influential in a movement or organization, through providing support for it or through playing a leading or innovatory part in it.
translation of 'godfather'
noun
തലതൊട്ടപ്പന്
example
Venables has made Graham a 'godfather' to his daughter.
Petipa, after all, was 'godfather' to the big ‘new’ ballet at New York City Ballet in spring, 1999, Peter Martins's staging of Swan Lake.
If there was a mafia at Clear Ridge High, Shelley was the 'godfather' , the Marlon Brando of mobsters.
Gotti joined the powerful Gambino crime family in 1966 when it was headed by Mafia 'godfather' Carlo Gambino.
Hazlewood's song factory has furnished everyone from Presley to Sinatra, and now he is being re-branded as the 'godfather' of alternative country.
Richard said his nephew - who was 'godfather' to his own son - usually kept quiet about details of his job, which he says involved dealing with high-security communications between foreign embassies.
the 'godfather' of alternative comedy
He acknowledged Ernest's roll as 'godfather' of the movement and Ernest stayed involved for a number of years.
He's become a sort of a 'godfather' to the event; his philosophy is the festival's philosophy.
A near 'godfather' to the stand-up genre, Pryor is a legend when it comes to biting wit and acidic observation - acts like Chris Rock owe a great debt to the comedian.
When he went to prison, he was running a crime family business as the 'godfather' .
he is 'godfather' to her son
He remains close friends with Redgrave and is a 'godfather' to both his and Cracknell's children.
This coincidence allows me to boldly claim it is I who am the 'godfather' of the whole alt-country movement.
He was my best friend and I was the godfather to his kids and he was the 'godfather' to my kids and we did things together on the road and off the road.
I am one hundred percent sure that Luisa made a bargain in exchange that she'll get her 'godfather' to get them a gig at his club.
She died in her early 60s but Hislop is 'godfather' to the friend's daughter.
The guiding musical spirit and 'godfather' to the whole project is conductor Valery Gergiev, who brings out all the mordancy and instrumental color suggested by the notes.
If Iggy Pop is the godfather of punk, surely David Thomas (the man behind the mic for seminal bands Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu) would be the 'godfather' of alternative rock.
Coming as he did without the help of a 'godfather' to the industry, Dino constantly points out that he does not have the chances that a Khanna or a Bachchan junior has in the industry.
Thieves returned a stolen car with a note saying sorry and eight bottles of champagne after discovering it belonged to the son of a Mafia 'godfather' in Castellammare, Sicily.
Grant, the actress's ex-boyfriend, who remains a close friend, has denied claims he would be 'godfather' to the baby.
the Mafia 'godfather' believed to be behind the murder of two judges
The film has rough edges to go with its scruffy surroundings, but most of it works and you can see the influence of indie 'godfather' John Sayles, for whom Kusama has worked as an assistant.
The former general was the 'godfather' of the settler movement.
Sutton was such a close friend of her parents that he was 'godfather' to another of their children.
And this calls for a toast to the man who did it all alone without a 'godfather' to ride on.
‘Eh, you Americans know nothing,’ Viktor said with a Russian accent, which vaguely reminded me of an Italian mafia 'godfather' .
He was a 'godfather' to a dozen kids, and lavished them all with expensive gifts.
According to Guyanese tradition, a female child will have two godmothers and one 'godfather' , and a male child will have two godfathers and one godmother.
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